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“Armed insurrection”

Items carried at US Capitol by some in the mob, per court filings:

Guns, bear spray, hockey stick, baseball bat, taser, sharpened flagpole, knives, scissors, tourniquet, plastic knuckles, lacrosse stick
Add:

Tomahawk ax
Zip ties
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Strobe light
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Rope and gallows
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Tree Branch, Pipe, Stick, Baton, Crutch, Club
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Fire extinguisher
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(stolen) shields
Add: Steel-toed boots
Add: Four foot rod Image
ADD: Metal whip Image
ADD: Sledgehammer
ADD: Rocks
Add: "Eye damaging" laser devices
ADD: Large speaker
Add: Pitchfork
ADD: Wooden plank and tossed bottle
ADD: "Poles with nails in them" Image
ADD: Coffee tumbler and bucket of liquid
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ADD: Bottles Image
ADD: PVC pipe Image
ADD: Laser pointer
ADD: Metal spear Image
ADD: Pitchfork Image
ADD: Large speaker equipment, which broke an officer's foot when thrown
ADD: Gadsden Flag
ADD: Plywood Image
ADD: Police barricade as battering ram Image
ADD: Large Trump sign Image
ADD: "Electroshock weapon" and "wasp spray"
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ADD: Large metal trashcan

(video via court exhibit released by US Justice Dept)
ADD: Wooden table leg Image
ADD: Skateboard Image
ADD: Hard plastic pylon Image
ADD: "Loaded Taurus Revolver" Image
ADD: Raid insecticide and WD-40 sprayed at police. Per interviews with officers
ADD: Helmet and crow bar Image
ADD: "Orange traffic barrier" Image
ADD: "Hard-knuckle tactical gloves" Image
ADD: Broom stick Image
ADD: "Large wooden object"

(That's what the court filing says)
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ADD: Sledgehammer
ADD: "Ballistic plate carrier" and crowbar Image
ADD: "Trump flag being thrown like a javelin" Image
ADD: "White piece of wood" Image
ADD: Plastic bottle Image
ADD: "Water bottles" Image
ADD: Furniture Leg Image
ADD: Red/orange-colored barrier Image
ADD: Tabletop Image
ADD: "Parts of chairs" Image
ADD: "Metal sign frame" Image
ADD: Police baton used against officer
ADD: Flashlight Image
ADD: A**KICKING BOOTS Image
ADD: A thrown scooter... which appears to tangle the feet of police in this bodycam video ===>
ADD: "Full beer can" Image
ADD: “wooden handrail” Image
ADD: Batteries.... thrown at police Image
ADD: Battering ram device Image
ADD: "American flag on a light-tan colored pole" Image
ADD: Blue Trump flag
ADD: "A metal sign so large it was on wheels and took multiple people to lift it"

(per newly filed court motion by Justice Dept in case against defendant Thomas Hamner) Image
ADD: "Half of a softball"

(Defendant accused of using ball and flagpole and smashing window glass goes on trial tomorrow) Image
ADD: "Plastic Pipe" Image
ADD: "Pointed metal attachments on .. wooden pole" Image
ADD: Velvet rope stand
ADD: "Captain America-style shield affixed to a small wooden-handled broom"
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ADD:

This ===> Image
ADD: Huge metal-framed Trump sign with wheels "about the size of a human head"
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ADD: Bricks Image
ADD: "Metal knuckled gloves" Image
ADD: Coat rack Image
ADD: Enormous 2x4 beams

(Via video court exhibit released by US Justice Dept)
ADD: Enormous US flag

(Via video court exhibit released by US Justice Dept)
ADD: Railing

In newly unsealed Jan 6 case against James McNamara of Chicago, prosecutors allege he used a "railing" to ram a Capitol door several times Image
ADD: Stairwell beam

Police testimony at trial of Capitol riot defendant Bigo Barnett said a stairwell beam was thrown at police by someone in the mob (not by Barnett)

Police captain said the beam and other thrown items helped rioters breach the police line
ADD: "Hammer"

In court filing today, Jan 6 defendant from California acknowledges carrying hammer on his belt loop... citing concern about "Antifa" Image
ADD: "Grappling Hook"

Feds say Garret Miller carried the hook while amid mob on Jan 6. They argued "Miller was at the forefront of every barrier overturned, police line overrun, and entryway breached.."

A judge sentenced Miller to 38 months prison yesterday Image
ADD: A *lit* and thrown device that appeared to be a firecracker

(From sentencing memo and this week's hearing in Capitol riot case of David Lee Judd ====> ) Image
ADD: "Large hunting knife in sheath on his belt"

From new US Justice Dept court filing... seeking pretrial detention in Capitol riot case of Kenneth Bonawitz, who's accused of dive-tackling two police officers Image
ADD: "Pepper gel"

At today's sentencing of Capitol riot defendant AIden Bilyard, prosecutors said his homemade pepper gel is "thicker, easier to aim acccurately"... "designed to cause pain" Image
ADD: "Billy Club" .... "Tire Thumper"

Per sentencing memo from defendant Shelly Stallings.. about her husband Image
ADD: "Metal coffee mug" thrown at police

Per newly filed Justice Dept case against Illinois defendant Image
ADD: Velvet rope Image
ADD: Wooden pallet

Latest weapon alleged to have been used in the US Capitol siege. According to newly posted charging documents in the case of Ronald Bryan of Louisiana Image
ADD: “a table”

Per federal prosecutors in one of the newest Jan 6 cases:
ADD: A thrown "rope"

From new sentencing memo in USA v. Zachary Alam

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ADD: "Rocks" being thrown

From sentencing memo issued by Justice Dept this week

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ADD: "Large bolt"

Thrown at police, during a "precarious" situation for officers, per sentencing memo newly released by Justice Dept

The "debris" was used as a weapon too, per Justice Dept Image
ADD: "two hairbrushes with pointed ends"

From Court order rejecting early release from probation for Jan 6 defendant Logan Grover

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
ADD: "Flashlight taser"

(From newly filed Jan 6 case this week)

Charging document also includes this photo of "collapsible baton" ====> Image

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